Parbhani District

Geographical Area 11,038   Sq.Km.
Normal Rainfall 821  m.m.
Taluka 7
Per Capita Income(at Current Prices) Rs.  2,770
Population (1991 Census)(Total ) 2,117
                                         Male 1,084
                                         Female 1,033
                                         Density 191 Per Sq.Km
Live Stocks (Husbandry ) 1,309
Live Stocks (Poultry ) 289
Growth Centres (i) Selu (ii) Jintur
Industrial Estates Hingoli, Jintur
Literacy 47.58%
Commercial Banks 93

Transport & Communication

Railway Length 259 Kms.
National Highway Length Nil  Kms.
State Highway Length 742Kms.
Post & Telegraph Offices 319

Industry

Sugar Factories 3
Spinning Mills 1
Registered Factories 124
Number of Industrial Estates Established 2
Registered Small Scale Units (as on 31-03-93) 960 *
No. of Joint Stock Companies
15

Large and Mini-Industrial Areas in Parbhani District as on 30-06-1993

Name of the Area Area Planned Hac. Total Plots No. Plots Alotted No. Plots In Prdn.No. Plots Under Const. No. Sheds Built Up No. Sheds Alloted No.
Parbhani (Large Industrial Areas) 95.64 148 124 68 26 20 14
Hingoli  (Large Industrial Area) 196.83 31 13 6 3 - - - - - -
Basmat (Mini Industrial Areas) 15.00 2 2 --- --- --- ---
Kalmuri  (Mini IndustrialAreas) 5.97 16 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Industrial Opportunities:

The following industry groups have scope for expansion and also for setting up new industrial units at the growth-centres in the district or outside the growth-centre areas:

  1. Food Products
  2. Cotton Textiles
  3. Textile Products including Wearing Apparel other than Footwear
  4. Chemicals and Chemical Products except Products of  Petroleum and Coal;
  5. Non-Metallic Mineral Products;
  6. Electricity; and
  7. Repair Services.

Besides, these industry groups, some specific industries having development potential are: poultry, cattle breeding, goat and sheep rearing, cattle feed, poultry feed, food, fruits and vegetables processing, tobacco curing, bidi, sugar and by-pro- ducts, canning, cotton ginning and pressing, cold storage, oil mill, dal mill, vanaspati, soap making, bone meal, starch, lac culture, banana fibre, cottonseed oil, leather goods, solvent extraction, agricultural equipment, engineering, automobile and electrical ancillaries and service industries.

Development of Industrial units in MIDC Industrial Areas in the district as on 31-03-93

No. of Areas:

Major 2
Mini 3
Growth Centre 2

No. of Plots:

Developed 217
Alloted 150
Available 57

Industries Set up

No . 72
Investment (Rs. mln)187.9
Employment 1687

Incentives

Category of Incentive Talukas eligible
Group D Talukas other than Jintur and Selu
Group D+ Jinter, Selu

Fisheries

Coastline NIL Kms.
Production 1,888Tonnes

Medical Facilities

Hospitals 29
Primary Health Centres 51
Sub Centres 345
Dispensaries 152

Educational Facilities

Primary Schools 1,627
Secondary Schools 168
Higher Secondary Schools 21
Colleges 12
Industrial Technical Instt. 3
Engineering Colleges NIL

* Includes Provisionally registered SSIs

i) Directorate of Economics & Statistics;
ii) Economic Survey of Maharashtra 1993-94;
iii) Growth Centres in Maharashtra-Industrial Opportunities and challenges, MEDC.

N.B.: AS ON MARCH 31, 1998


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